lsb_release -a Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise ======================================================= /var/log/upstart/network-interface-wlan0.log mkdir[ctrl_interface]: No such file or directory wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1 ======================================================= /etc/network/interfaces auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid apname wpa-psk dfasdfsdafasf ======================================================= mount /dev/mapper/gamma-root on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755) none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880) none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) /dev/mapper/gamma-tmp on /tmp type reiserfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime) /dev/mapper/gamma-var on /var type reiserfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime) /dev/mapper/gamma-home on /home type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime) /dev/mapper/gamma-varlog on /var/log type reiserfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime) none on /tmp/guest-ePzioS type tmpfs (rw,mode=700) ======================================================= dpkg -l | grep -E 'ifupdown|wpasupplicant' ii ifupdown 0.7~beta2ubuntu8 high level tools to configure network interfaces ii wpasupplicant 0.7.3-6ubuntu2.1 client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i) ======================================================= lspci -vs '01:00.0' 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 130 (rev 34) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 130 BGN Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42 Memory at c0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number b8-03-05-ff-ff-d3-4c-b7 Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi ======================================================= Laptop model: Samsung NP300E7A